here comes a post, i normally comment in other Forums with "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys "

but thatÂ´s what it is about.

Actually i am shooting my panoramas with 24mm Canon lense. It works great. BUT I want to become faster - and the high resolution is not needed for the webprojects the panos are used for.so i thought about a fisheye, where i can handle a 360 with 6 shots. Lense for canon fullframe bodies. And here the challenge: Is there a cheap lense out there, that offers acceptable quality?

here comes a post, i normally comment in other Forums with "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys "

but thatÂ´s what it is about.

Actually i am shooting my panoramas with 24mm Canon lense. It works great. BUT I want to become faster - and the high resolution is not needed for the webprojects the panos are used for.so i thought about a fisheye, where i can handle a 360 with 6 shots. Lense for canon fullframe bodies. And here the challenge: Is there a cheap lense out there, that offers acceptable quality?

The new version of the Samyang 8 mm is very nice. Can be used on ff even. Optics are good enough, not as good as the expensive brands but you save a lot if money without loosing much in quality.

It is a manual focus lens though.

Regards, Hans KeesomI stitch and render for other photographers. Price: 25 euro or less, no cure no pay. If you want to concentrate on your business let me do the stitching for you. Free TB of Dropbox space when you have more then 250 euro business a year.

HansKeesom wrote:The new version of the Samyang 8 mm is very nice. Can be used on ff even. Optics are good enough, not as good as the expensive brands but you save a lot if money without loosing much in quality.

here comes a post, i normally comment in other Forums with "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys "

but thatÂ´s what it is about.

Actually i am shooting my panoramas with 24mm Canon lense. It works great. BUT I want to become faster - and the high resolution is not needed for the webprojects the panos are used for.so i thought about a fisheye, where i can handle a 360 with 6 shots. Lense for canon fullframe bodies. And here the challenge: Is there a cheap lense out there, that offers acceptable quality?

The best way is to look for a 2,8/15mm Canon fullframe-fisheye when you use a Canon FF or a Nikon 16mm fisheye when you are on Nikon. You can get the 15mm these days fo a very reasonable price because itÂ´s out of production. The actual Canon fisheye is a zoom: 4/8-15mm. It provides surprisingly good image quality - but makes only sense whe you really need both focal-lengths.

HansKeesom wrote:The new version of the Samyang 8 mm is very nice. Can be used on ff even. Optics are good enough, not as good as the expensive brands but you save a lot if money without loosing much in quality.

It is a manual focus lens though.

There's a new version?

What's different?

Mostly the fact you can take of the front so it becames a shaved lens. This allows it to be a bit more usefull on a ff body although with some quality limitations.

The lens/glass is also bigger compared to the previous version

Price is still really low compared to the best/greates/most professional lenses.

If one is starting and has to buy a lot of gear, this lens can help to stay within budget without loosing to much in quality terms

Regards, Hans KeesomI stitch and render for other photographers. Price: 25 euro or less, no cure no pay. If you want to concentrate on your business let me do the stitching for you. Free TB of Dropbox space when you have more then 250 euro business a year.

HansKeesom wrote:If one is starting and has to buy a lot of gear, this lens can help to stay within budget without loosing to much in quality terms

The very last device where a starter should save money definitely is the lens. The whole thing called photography starts with and depends on the lens.Better save on the camera or something but on the lens.

Regards, Hans KeesomI stitch and render for other photographers. Price: 25 euro or less, no cure no pay. If you want to concentrate on your business let me do the stitching for you. Free TB of Dropbox space when you have more then 250 euro business a year.